New book ‘102 Things to Do with a Hole in the Ground‘ spotlights global reclamation projects
Stories of reinvented coal mining regions, regenerated communities and rebuilt ecosystems are told in a new book published this month.
The European Union Parliament has voted in favour of pushing ahead with a trade deal that would allow Canadian oil sand producers to export more crude to the old continent.
Ottawa and the EU signed the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) in October last year, not without facing first resistance from a region of Belgium, Austria and other countries.
CETA advocates says the pact will boost Canadian-EU trade by 20%, bringing 12 billion euros ($12.8 billion) into the EU a year, and about Cdn$12 billion ($9.2 billion) into Canada’s economy.
Opponents, EUBusiness reports, worry the deal could make it easier for companies to sue governments that use environmental regulations to attempt moving their economies away from fossil fuels.
They base their concerns on the fact that the deal includes a mechanism known as investor-state dispute settlements, which could allow firms to sue countries that ban crude from oil sands.
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